Low-carbon transition
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Dealflow | November 29, 2023
Toniic members help CRDC Global raise $3.3 million for a concrete solution to plastic waste
ImpactAlpha, November 29 — San Jose, Costa Rica-based Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration has patented a process that converts hard-to-recycle plastic into …
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Low-carbon transition | November 27, 2023
Advanced Electric Machines scores £23 million to minimize extractive minerals in electric vehicles
ImpactAlpha, November 27 – The green transition has so far depended on intense mineral extraction. Each standard electric vehicle requires nearly 4.5 pounds …
Impact Tech | November 8, 2023
Private equity firms see robust demand for impact funds, despite headwinds
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 8 – Private equity firms may be battling a high interest rate environment and sluggish IPO market. But they’re still raising …
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Low-carbon transition | October 19, 2023
Skoon Energy raises $5.6 million for clean generators in Europe
ImpactAlpha, October 19 – Film sets, festivals, construction sites and other temporary setups depend on reliable energy access—mostly from fossil fuel-guzzling generators. Netherlands-based …
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Low-carbon transition | October 11, 2023
VARM raises early funding to make German homes more energy efficient
ImpactAlpha, October 11 – Two-thirds of Europe’s homes and buildings are deemed energy inefficient. VARM tackles a simple improvement – better insulation – …
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Europe | October 3, 2023
Germany’s Traceless Materials raises €36.6 million for a plastic alternative
ImpactAlpha, October 3 — Hamburg-based Traceless Materials has developed a bio-based, low-emission plastic alternative made from agricultural waste, such as rice and wheat …
Climate Finance | September 21, 2023
In the Climate Week mix: Policy tailwinds, green banks, talent pipeline
ImpactAlpha, September 21 — Hard choices have to be made… about which of the hundreds of Climate Week NYC events to attend. As …
Climate and Clean Tech | September 19, 2023
Chris Sacca’s Lowercarbon Capital raises $550 million for two climate tech funds
ImpactAlpha, September 19 — Lowercarbon Capital has raised a combined $550 million for a pair of climate funds. One fund will focus on …
Galvanize Climate Solutions' Tom Steyer.
Climate + Gender | September 18, 2023
Galvanize Climate Solutions closes Innovation+Expansion fund with more than $1 billion
ImpactAlpha, September 18 — Galvanize Climate Solutions has raised over $1 billion for its inaugural Innovation+Expansion Fund. The San Francisco-based growth equity fund, …
Impact Investing | September 8, 2023
H2’s $1.6 billion raise signals growing investor and customer demand for green steel
ImpactAlpha, Sept. 8 – In one of the largest climate tech deals of the year, Sweden’s H2 Green Steel pulled in €1.5 billion …
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Conservation | September 7, 2023
Bezos Earth Fund deploys $22.8 million for locally-led landscape restoration in Africa
ImpactAlpha, September 7 — Bezos Earth Fund will deploy $22.8 million to fund the restoration of roughly 1.5 million acres of degraded land …
Climate Finance | September 5, 2023
CH4 Global raises $29 million to reduce livestock methane emissions
ImpactAlpha, September 5 — The roughly 1.5 billion cows on the planet burp and fart more than 150 million tons of methane per …
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Dealflow | September 1, 2023
Deal spotlight: Catalytic lending from the US Department of Energy
ImpactAlpha, September 1 – To grab the lead in climate innovation – and regain control of key technology supply chains – the Biden …
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Frontier and Growth Markets | August 17, 2023
Small vehicles have investors thinking big about India’s e-mobility transition
ImpactAlpha, August 17 – American electric car makers like Tesla are making headlines over plans to bring their cars to India. But it …
Low-carbon transition | July 20, 2023
Private equity giants rally behind O9 Solutions’ sustainable supply chain software
ImpactAlpha, July 20 – Sustainability wasn’t top of mind for Dallas-based O9 Solutions in 2009, when it launched its software to help large …
Low-carbon transition | July 18, 2023
Isometric secures $25 million to register and verify carbon-removal offsets
ImpactAlpha, July 18 — Capturing carbon directly from the atmosphere will be necessary to reverse greenhouse gas emissions, the International Panel on Climate …
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Dealflow | July 12, 2023
CarbonCure scores $80 million to commercialize lower-carbon concrete
ImpactAlpha, July 12 – The race is on to decarbonize heavy industrial materials like concrete, cement and steel. CarbonCure injects CO2 into concrete, …
Low-carbon transition | July 7, 2023
Deal spotlight: Avaada’s big push to green India’s ammonia and hydrogen production
ImpactAlpha, July 7 – Green ammonia and green hydrogen are among the highest impact opportunities for the net-zero transition. The fuels are key …
Impact Tech | June 28, 2023
DePoly secures $13.8 million to recycle old plastic and cut fossil fuels in new products
ImpactAlpha, June 28 – Plastic use is still on pace to triple in the next 40 years. Less than 10% gets recycled (in …
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Low-carbon transition | June 26, 2023
Kubik scores $3.3 million to upcycle plastic waste into low-carbon building materials
ImpactAlpha, June 26 — Buildings account for 40% of total global carbon emissions, because of how building materials are produced, what materials are …
India | June 22, 2023
India’s Avaana Capital raises $70 million for climate and sustainability fund
ImpactAlpha, June 22 — Mumbai-based, women-led venture capital investor Avaana Capital is looking to raise a total of $120 million for its first …
Dealflow | June 15, 2023
Generate ties up with McKinstry to offer ‘energy as a service’ to schools, hospitals and public entities
ImpactAlpha, June 15 — Cities are under pressure to decarbonize their buildings. The Viridis Initiative, a joint venture between Generate Capital and McKinstry, …
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Climate Finance | June 7, 2023
Charm Industrial secures $100 million after inking corporate carbon purchase agreements
ImpactAlpha, June 7 – San Francisco-based Charm Industrial prevents the release of carbon dioxide by converting agricultural and agroforestry waste into bio-oil and …
Low-carbon transition | May 26, 2023
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Carbon removal
ImpactAlpha, May 26 — After soaring in 2021, voluntary markets for carbon credits slumped last year amid reports and investigations that took aim …
Clean Energy | May 12, 2023
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Brookfield bucks fundraising malaise as it eyes another mega decarbonization fund
ImpactAlpha, May 12 — Private equity funds are bracing for a challenging fundraising year. Not Brookfield Asset Management. Already this year, the Canadian …
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Dealflow | April 11, 2023
Blokable scores $5.5 million to build affordable modular housing units
ImpactAlpha, April 11 — New housing stock is needed to alleviate the U.S. housing affordability crisis. Sacramento-based Blokable has raised $5.5 million for …
Catalytic Capital | April 6, 2023
ReFED Catalytic Grant Fund backs seven consumer food-waste solutions
ImpactAlpha, April 6 — Berkeley-based ReFED launched the catalytic grant fund last year to provide nonprofits and for-profits $20 million in recoverable and …
Impact Tech | March 29, 2023
Carbonaide secures €1.8 million to ramp up production of carbon-negative concrete
ImpactAlpha, March 29 – A raft of startups are developing lower-carbon construction materials for buildings, which are responsible for 40% of global carbon …
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Dealflow | March 14, 2023
Jordan’s first green bond secures $50 million from IFC
ImpactAlpha, March 14 — Jordan Kuwait Bank issued Jordan’s first green bond to finance clean energy projects, low-carbon transportation, energy efficient real estate …
Dealflow | February 23, 2023
United’s Sustainable Flight Fund raises $100 million for sustainable aviation fuel
ImpactAlpha, February 23 — Chicago-based United Airlines is seeking to scale up the supply of sustainable aviation fuel to decarbonize commercial air travel. …
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Dealflow | February 17, 2023
Deal spotlight: An old-fashioned IPO with a climate twist
ImpactAlpha, February 17 – A climate tech company has scored the biggest IPO so far in 2023. Fremont, Calif.-based Nextracker, which optimizes solar …
Dealflow | February 10, 2023
Deal spotlight: Investors rally behind India’s EV startups
ImpactAlpha, February 10 – It seems like there’s an announcement every week about new financing for an electric-vehicle startup in India. EVs account …
Dealflow | February 9, 2023
Therma secures $19 million to help companies manage cooling and refrigeration needs
ImpactAlpha, February 9 – Fluorinated gasses used for refrigeration are more potent greenhouse gasses than methane or CO2. One way to cut greenhouse …
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Dealflow | February 9, 2023
Liminal raises $17.5 million to help EV battery makers monitor and improve production
ImpactAlpha, February 9 – Global demand for lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and solar storage is forecast to grow more than 30% per …
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Climate and Clean Tech | January 25, 2023
Scythe Robotics raises $42 million for ‘pay-as-you-mow’ landscaping equipment
ImpactAlpha, January 25 — Gas-powered equipment like lawn mowers and leaf blowers emit more than 240 million tons of pollutants each year, according …
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Low-carbon transition | January 20, 2023
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Nature-based biotech
ImpactAlpha, January 20 — Forests, oceans and soils play a crucial role in absorbing greenhouse gas emissions – and they could use some …
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Impact Tech | January 19, 2023
Summit Nanotech secures $50 million for sustainable lithium extraction
ImpactAlpha, January 19 — The scramble is on to commercialize sustainable lithium, which can overcome a major obstacle to the wholesale transition to …
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Climate and Clean Tech | January 18, 2023
Electrifying heavy-duty drayage trucks at California’s ports
ImpactAlpha, January 18 — The approximately 30,000 heavy-duty trucks that transport containers and bulk freight between ships and rail facilities at California’s 40 …
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Low-carbon transition | January 18, 2023
Sublime Systems secures $40 million to commercialize electrified zero-carbon cement
ImpactAlpha, January 18 — Mining, grinding and heating limestone to make cement, the main binding agent for concrete, releases an enormous amount of …
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Dealflow | January 10, 2023
Commerz Real’s Klimavest real assets impact fund crosses the billion-euro mark
ImpactAlpha, January 10 — Germany is one of several European nations that backslid on fossil fuels in order to generate power as Russia’s …
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Climate and Clean Tech | January 5, 2023
Electrifying ‘dollar vans’ to boost livelihoods and cut carbon in New York’s transit deserts
ImpactAlpha, January 5 — Along Flatbush Ave. in Brooklyn, several informal “dollar vans” pass by for every city bus. The rides are more …
Low-carbon transition | November 10, 2022
Radical Ventures plants $9 million in seed funding for ranch management
ImpactAlpha, November 10 — Billings, Montana-based Enriched Ag uses machine-learning to help U.S. ranchers reduce emissions, improve soil health and generate revenues from …
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Dealflow | November 4, 2022
ImpactAlpha Deal Spotlight: Nature-based solutions
ImpactAlpha, November 4 — Demand is surging for high-quality nature-based carbon offsets, and developers are scrambling to supply them. Houston-based ZeroSix, formed by …
Impact Investing | November 3, 2022
A new kind of carbon credit incentivizes fossil fuel producers to ‘keep it in the ground’
ImpactAlpha, Nov. 3 – ‘Keep it in the ground’ has long been a rallying cry for climate activists. A new company is creating …
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Impact Management | November 1, 2022
Orchard Street’s Social and Environmental Impact Partnership fund secures £90 million
ImpactAlpha, November 2 — U.K.-based commercial real estate investor Orchard Street Investment Management has raised $103.3 million in a first close from investors …